Icicle
Definition of icicle:
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A hanging point of ice formed by the freezing of dropping water.
part of speech: noun
Ice formed by the freezing of dripping water from the eaves of houses, etc.
Usage examples for icicle:
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Blood streamed from his lacerated face, but the cold froze it and transformed the gory beard into a blood red icicle which pricked the numerous wounds in his chin every moment, and inflicted intense pain.
"Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach. -
On came the figure as swiftly as a bird, glittering in the light like an icicle
"The Iron Star And what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages", John Preston True. -
An icicle of pain darted through them; every nerve in his body was drawn together there in a knot of agony.
"The Blue Flower, and Others", Henry van Dyke. -
She thought that she was as unapproachable as an icicle and now she says all sorts of wild things about herself.
"We Three", Gouverneur Morris.